The Dark Below infused Destiny with new content, along with some new issues that we have sought to correct. With this update, weâ€™re paying special attention to the Crotaâ€™s End Raid - along with weapons, arenas, and rewards for other activities. Iron Banner is also being prepared to return.

Activity Rewards

Fixed an issue with Ascendant Materials no longer being a possible reward for Daily gold-tier public events

In addition to other potential rewards, Weekly Nightfall Strikes can now award 9 or more Strange Coins

PVPMaps

Added to the rotation for Control, Clash, and Iron Banner* playlists:

The Anomaly

Asylum

The Burning Shrine

Iron Banner*

Starts 1AM PST, Tuesday, January 13th

Playlist weapon drops

Level 32 Sniper Rifle

Level 32 Auto Rifle

Gain event standing to earn Legendary gear

Level 32 Hand Cannon

Level 32 Rocket Launcher

Level 32 Gauntlets

Level 31 Chest

Weapons

On the Sniper Rifle, Black Hammer, the Hive Breaker upgrade has been disabled until it is fixed to play nicely with the White Nail upgrade

RaidsVault of Glass

Exotic weapon drops (though still very infrequent) are now Level 32

Crotaâ€™s End

Rewards

Treasure chests now contain Radiant Materials

The existing Pit treasure chest reward has moved to killing Ir Yut, the Deathsinger

Pit Encounter

Pillars of Light no longer launch players into the air when they explode

Bridge Encounter

Players will now be required to cross the bridge in order to complete the bridge encounter

Players will now be required to wait for the bridge to be completed prior to crossing with the sword

Deathsinger Encounter

Fixed a rare case where the Shriekers would not spawn, preventing players from reaching the Deathsinger

The Deathsinger now has a chance to drop Exotic weapons and armor, class pieces, and Radiant materials

Crota Encounter

Two Swordbearers will no longer spawn at the same time at the outset of the encounter

Crota will now recover from his kneeling state after a player quits

Fixed a bug that allowed players to remove the â€œPresence of Crotaâ€ using a Radiance Warlockâ€™s Fireborn ability

Fixed a bug that made the Oversoul appear destroyed to some players in a Fireteam when it was actually still active